Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27248965-20171007071507

It has been 3 months since we revived the page Pokédex to combine the lists of available Pokémon in PBB into 1 page. For now the Pokédex page follows other Type articles such that they only list the earliest possible location for a Pokémon, and its evolved or final forms will not have their location in the wild listed unless their base form must be bred.

We have received comments from users saying that they do not like the above rules, with some even accusing our articles to be unreliable and inaccurate. We explained to them that it is pointless to list out the location of that Pokémon's evolved form because they can trigger the base form's evolution before they even reach where its evolved form is located. Yet there are still members who ignored what we say and kept adding where to find the evolved forms, so we are letting you guys decide how we list out the obtainable method of Pokémon: How do we list out the obtainable places of Pokémon in Pokédex page? Just the first obtainable area. All obtainable locations. How do we list out obtainable methods of an Evolutionary Family in Pokédex page? Only where to find the base form Pokémon unless it needs to be bred. List out the places of evolved and final forms as well when applicable. We also have to decide what to do again with the 19 type pages. It has become a burden for our Moderators to manage these pages with many arising problems, not just the image or trade request spams, but also how hard it is to keep contents consistent in those pages. An example is the wrong article words (on a route, at a place, in a city). It also proves to be a hassle to update every type page just to add new Pokémon whenever a major update rolls out -- we all remember how large the Port Decca update turned out to be.

Previously we pointed out that the Type pages, when we exclude the lists of Pokémon locations, are neither unique from nor better than those on Bulbapedia. You can have a look again on  , where the editors over there can have a detailed analysis of each Type, both in offensive and defensive. This is not something we can do, so it is just better to direct users there. We know some players want basic summary of each type, but after the removal of 18 individual type pages, there is still Appendix:Pokémon Types to consolidate everything. So what do you guys say? What should we do with the Type articles? Delete all 19 of them including "Appendix:Pokémon Types"! Erase the 18 standalone pages, keep "Appendix:Pokémon Types"! Do not remove any of the Type articles please!  